DAY BEDS ARE STILL VERY FASHIONABLE, PRACTICAL.(AT HOME)

Byline: FRANCES INGRAHAM HEINS Staff writer

As the forerunner to the sofa and the chaise lounge, the day bed served as a place for quiet relaxation and contemplative meditation.

The day bed is a long seat with a stationary or adjustable end that can be lowered to form a bed.

Also called a reading seat, the day bed became popular during the Restoration period (1660-1685), and those with double ends were rare.

They were quite fashionable in court circles, where they were elaborately carved and covered in rich imported silks, damasks and velvets.

Day beds continued to be popular in large houses of the wealthy, through the 1900s, where …